Tag: WHO
Ho Chi Minh City detects new Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5
VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City has recorded an infection caused by the XBB.1.5 sub-strain of the Omicron COVID-19 variant, as announced by the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health.
Safe Journeys campaign successfully concludes in Vietnam
VOV.VN - UNICEF, the Ministry of Health (MOH), and the World Health Organization (WHO) jointly held a celebration for the Safe Journeys campaign to wrap up nine months of work to publicise the importance of COVID-19 preventive measures in Vietnam.
Workshop seeks measures to minimise tobacco use
A workshop providing the press with information on the use of tobacco in Vietnam, challenges in minimising tobacco use and solutions to them was held by the Ministry of Information and Communications in Hanoi on November 23.
50% of new HIV infection cases recorded among MSM group
VOV.VN - Men who have sex with men (MSM) are at major risk of HIV transmission in Vietnam, with 50% of new infections detected in the group, warned the Vietnam Administration for HIV/AIDS Control under the Ministry of Health, at a press briefing in Hanoi on November 17.
Cancer rising among young Vietnamese people
VOV.VN - Cancer cases are on the rise nationwide, particularly among young people, according to Bui Vinh Quang, director of Hanoi Oncology Hospital, at a conference held in the city on November 4.
Ho Chi Minh City records first monkeypox case
VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City has recorded its first case of monkeypox, a global public health emergency that has so far affected tens of thousands of people in over 70 countries worldwide, Tang Chi Thuong, director of the city's Department of Health, reported at a meeting on October 3.
PM urges greater caution amid further COVID-19 developments
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, chaired the 17th meeting of the Steering Committee on September 13, which was virtually connected with 63 centrally-run provinces and cities nationwide.
UNGA passes pandemic response resolution co-introduced by Vietnam
The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 2 adopted a resolution on the organisation of a “High-level meeting on pandemic prevention, preparedness and response”.
Vietnam monitors arrivals from countries with monkeypox
The Ministry of Health has asked localities nationwide to monitor foreign arrivals from countries with monkeypox as an early response after infections were spotted in the region.
Alert to monkeypox, HCM City proposes health declaration for arrivals
Ho Chi Minh City has proposed the Ministry of Health permit it to impose health declaration on arrivals in local ports of entry to early detect suspected cases of monkeypox.
